Max Brod
Bohemian-Israeli author, composer, and journalist (1884–1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Max Brode.
Max Brod (Hebrew: מקס ברוד; 27 May 1884 – 20 December 1968) was a Bohemian-born Israeli author, composer, and journalist.
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Max Brod | |
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Born | 27 May 1884 |
Died | 20 December 1968(1968-12-20) (aged 84) Tel Aviv, Israel |
Citizenship | Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Israel |
Alma mater | German Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague |
Occupation(s) | Author, composer, journalist |
Spouse |
Elsa Taussig
(m. 1913; died 1942) |
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Although he was a prolific writer in his own right, he is best remembered as the friend and biographer of writer Franz Kafka. Kafka named Brod as his literary executor, instructing Brod to burn his unpublished work upon his death. Brod refused and had Kafka's works published instead.
In 1939, as the Nazis occupied Prague, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine, taking with him a suitcase of Kafka's papers, many of them unpublished notes, diaries, and sketches.